Client Partner

Posted 13 Days Ago
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2 Locations
137K-198K Annually
7+ Years Experience
Marketing Tech
The Role
The Client Partner is a senior account lead responsible for strategy, sales, relationship management, and delivery oversight of assigned accounts. They manage cross-channel teams, consult on best practices to meet client goals, and maintain senior-level client relationships to drive engagement and growth.
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WHY DEPT®?

We are pioneers at heart. What this means, is that we are always leaning forward, thinking of what we can create tomorrow that does not exist today. We were born digital and we are a new model of agency, with a deep skillset in tech and marketing. That’s why we hire curious, self-driven, talented people who never stop innovating.

Our culture is big enough to cope and small enough to care. Meaning, that with people across 20+ countries, we’re big enough to provide you with the best tools, global opportunities, and benefits that help you thrive. While acting small by investing in you, your growth, your team, and giving you the autonomy to solve our clients problems, no matter where you are in the world. 

Position Summary: This Client Partner is a senior account lead, any given business or group of businesses, leading, inspiring and creating paths for creative and business opportunities. They are responsible for the overall strategy, sales, relationship management, and delivery oversight activities related to their assigned accounts.  This position reports directly to the SVP of Clients. 

To achieve their goals, the Client Partner will manage cross-channel teams and develop and maintain senior-level agency relationships. The Client Partner will  consult on the best path forward to achieve strategic goals developed in relation to the client vision. They will nurture and build solid senior-level relationships with the executive layers of client leadership. They will have experience consulting for varied clients in the experience design, branding and technical spaces, and capable of driving conversations towards different capabilities in DEPT®’s Engineering and Experiences Portfolio. They are instrumental in developing and directing the engagement strategy across clients and must successfully execute this strategy across their business portfolio, ensuring smooth overall account operations, profitability and growth. They will also understand the value proposition of all DEPT® services, and include DEPT® partners relevant to aligning client roadmaps to all facets of DEPT®’s portfolio. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following.  Other duties may be assigned. 

  • Define, manage and execute various types of projects for clients in order to maximize client business objectives, manage client expectations, and maintain profitability. 
  • Understand client’s business goals, pressures, and requirements; convey client’s needs to the internal team.
  • Foster collaboration among a cross-disciplinary team to deliver exceptional business results. 
  • Maintains big-picture strategic and operational thinking balanced by strong attention to detail. 
  • Provide resourcing recommendations and continuously monitor the effectiveness and bandwidth of the team.  
  • Leads in meetings with existing clients and internal teams to identify new opportunities to meet clients’ evolving needs as required; serves as the subject matter expert on processes, capacity, and timelines. 
  • Lead pitches, proposals, and contract negotiations for organic growth opportunities. 
  • Communicate role expectations to team leads and direct reports, if applicable. 

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

  • Extraordinary interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills. 
  • Excellent problem solving, organization, time management, and risk management skills. 
  • Expert conflict resolution skills
  • Enterprise experience partnering with clients at Fortune 500 companies
  • The ability to be self-directed and work in an ambiguous and dynamic environment. 
  • Willingness to travel to client sites regularly
  • Experience working within and selling the following services: user-centric digital and integrated marketing; business transformation; digital products and services; design systems and branding at the intersection of content, content strategy and commerce solutions work.
  • Experience across strategic, omnichannel and production-based projects.
  • Experience managing $10M+ Portfolio and/or driving clients to enterprise relationships at $10M+
  • Bonus metrics in 2025 will be tied to the following:
    • Experienced with retaining top-tier accounts
    • Ability to drive realized revenue beyond initial forecasts
    • Background in farming additional opportunity out of legacy client-relationships

Skills:

  • Experience managing vendors/partners, partner agencies and entities to drive revenue success with Fortune 500 accounts.
  • Knowledge of current issues, trends and tools within ecommerce and the consumer technology industry.


Education/Experience: 10+ years of account management and client partnership experience in a digital design environment. Bachelor's degree or equivalent degree of education relevant to the industry. 

Language Ability: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.  Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.  Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public. 

Certificates and Licenses: No certifications are needed.

Supervisory Responsibilities:  In the event the team grows, the Client Partner may directly supervise employees on the account team. Carries out supervisory responsibilities by following the organization’s policies and applicable laws.  Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Work Environment: Frequent client travel is encouraged and required.
WHAT DO WE OFFER?

  • We are a collaborative, open-door, best-idea-wins environment that fosters personal and company growth and has fun doing it. Here is a snapshot of our benefits package:
  • Healthcare, Dental, and Vision coverage
  • 401k plan, plus matching
  • PTO
  • Paid Company Holidays
  • Parental Leave

The anticipated salary range for this position is $137,000 - $198,000. Salary is based on a range of factors that include relevant experience, expertise, and organizational impact. This is based on a 40-hour workweek and leveling. Keep in mind, we’re flexible.


WE SUPPORT YOU BEING YOU: 

DEPT® is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We believe our work is its best when our people feel safe and free to be themselves. We’re committed to an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment and selection process and workplace, regardless of anyone’s identity, background, beliefs, lifestyle or disabilities. So tell us about any accommodations you need. It’s totally confidential and only used to make sure you feel fully supported at every step. 


DEPT® participates in E-Verify, meaning your Form I-9 information will be sent to the federal government to confirm you are authorized to work in the U.S. 


We are a B Corp-certified company passionate about purpose-driven work.  Our hope is that you can feel good about the contributions DEPT® is making to the world and we always have an open door for your ideas in making the world a better place. 


DEPT® is a pioneering technology and marketing services company that creates integrated end-to-end digital experiences for brands such as Google, KFC, Philips, Audi, Twitch, Patagonia, eBay and more. Its team of 2,500+ digital specialists across 30+ locations on 5 continents delivers pioneering work on a global scale with a boutique culture. 

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The Company
Denver, Colorado
4,161 Employees
On-site Workplace

What We Do

We are a pioneering technology and marketing services company that creates end-to-end digital experiences for brands such as Google, KFC, Philips, Audi, Twitch, Patagonia, eBay and more.

Our team of 4,000+ digital specialists across 30+ locations on 5 continents delivers pioneering work on a global scale with a boutique culture. We are committed to making a positive impact on the planet and since 2021 have been Climate Neutral and B Corporation certified.

We are pioneers at heart. What this means, is that we are always leaning forward, thinking of what we can create tomorrow that does not exist today. We were born digital and we are a new model of agency, with a deep skillset in tech & marketing. We facilitate our pioneering spirit by investing in innovation, by leveraging our proprietary tech, data and knowledge platforms for all our clients worldwide.

Our culture is ’big enough to cope and small enough to care. Simply put we can work for any brand in the world, but with the speed, agility, flexibility and personal relationships of a boutique agency. Join us

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